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Importing Thunderbird Address Book into Zimbra

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In the images that follow, the username and account information of an IT employee was used for demonstration purposes.Please replace these entries with your individual information where appropriate.

To copy your address book from Thunderbird do the following steps:

Run ThunderbirdGo to the Address Book within Thunderbird and click on the Address Book you wish to export

Select EXPORT from the Tools Menu

Type in a file name -- "MyAddresses.csv," for exampleSelect Comma Separated from the pop-up menu. It defaults to LDIF, you do NOT want LDIFPush the SAVE button

Open up your web browser and log into Zimbra using your Novell username. Note that it must be fully qualified -- e.g., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., not just ksproulClick on the PREFERENCES tabClick on the IMPORT / EXPORT tabClick on the CONTACTS button

Click on the button BROWSE button next to DESTINATION

Select NEW and create a new address book "My Address Book" for examplePush the OK ButtonPush the OK Button again

Click on the BROWSE button for FILE and find the file created aboveIt will have some obscure name ending in .csv

Push the OPEN ButtonPush the IMPORT button in the lower rightClick on the Address Book tab and check to make sure your contacts came in correctly